Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.55% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the lost 1.55% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Liveperson (TASE:), which rose 5.04% or 361.00 points to trade at 7,525.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:) added 1.92% or 620.00 points to end at 32,900.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:) was up 1.68% or 150.00 points to 9,100.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:), which fell 4.13% or 123.00 points to trade at 2,858.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:) declined 4.01% or 1,160.00 points to end at 27,740.00 and Melisron (TASE:) was down 3.91% or 1,070.00 points to 26,270.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 371 to 113 and 31 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.19% or 1.25 to $104.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.10% or 1.18 to hit $106.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.60 to trade at $1,896.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.69% to 3.34, while EUR/ILS rose 1.13% to 3.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.23.